The research also highlights that tablet sales over the Christmas period were up 112 percent from last year, which means a huge number of new devices are likely to enter the office in the New Year, and this could mean more breaches in 2013.

“With sales of tablets expected to have gone through the roof over Christmas, it looks like personal devices in the workplace is here to stay,” said Grace.

“But with just a fifth of large firms having a BYOD policy, businesses will continue to experience security breaches until connectivity, security and user policies are put in place.”

At the end of last year Blue Coat’s Mobility Study found that most organisations allow employees access to company email (83%) and instant messaging (56%) on personal devices, but far fewer open up ERP (31%), sales force automation (24%) and supply chain management (19%) applications to mobile devices that aren't corporate-owned.

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